Carpet handling and transporting means



Feb. 15, 1955 v. D. FAUSTINE- CARPET HANDLING AND TRANS Filed May 2,1952 PORTING MEANS inventor Y/M QM CM A/M Gttorneg United States PatentCARPET HANDLING AND TRANSPORTING MEANS Vernon D. Faustine, Erie, Pa.

Application May 2, 1952, Serial No. 285,812

3 Claims. (Cl. 214-396) This invention relates generally to materialhandling means and more particularly to hoisting devices and devices formoving and unrolling carpets.

Moving carpets which are rolled in cylindrical rolls from one place toanother has long been a problem because of their weight and size. Theserolls of carpets are often stored in piles and it is diflicult to getany of the presently known type of hoisting means over the top of thepile of carpets in order to lift any particular roll from the pile andto transport it to another location or to a truck or other conveyance.

It is, accordingly, an object of this invention to provide a means forlifting and moving carpets.

It is another object of this invention to provide a 11fting and movingmeans for carpets with a substantial clearance between the hoistingmeans and the top of the pile of carpets and, further, to provide an adustable bracing means which can be lowered into operatrve pos1- tionwhen the hoisting device has passed over a pile of carpets. i I

It is another object of the invention to provide a hoisting means whichcan be moved over a pile of carpets or rugs and an individual rolledcarpet or rug can be raised from the pile and transported to anotherposition.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a novel type ofdevice for attaching a hoisting device to a carpet or roll of sheetmaterial.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel bracing means fora hoisting device.

Another object of the invention is to provide a means on a hoistingdevice to hold a load supported thereon rigidly against moving.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel type of mandrelfor use in supporting rolled and tubular obects.

Other objects and advantages reside in the detailed construction of theinvention which is designed for simplicity, economy, and efliciency.These will become more apparent from the following description.

In the following detailed description of the lnventron, reference is hadto the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof. Like numeralsrefer to like parts in all views of the drawings and throughout thedescription.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the hoisting, support ng, andtransporting means shown according to the invention;

Fig. 2 is a detailed perspective view of a novel type of mandrel forsupporting a carpet according to the invention;

Fig. 3 is a detailed cross sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig.1;

Fig. 4 is a plan view partly broken away showing another embodiment ofthe invention wherein an electr c hoisting means is used with a hoistingdevice such as is shown in Fig. l; and

Fig. 5 shows another embodiment of the invent on wherein a fluidoperated cylinder is used as a hoisting means.

With more particular reference to the drawings, Fig. 1 shows a hoistingmeans 1 for lifting a carpet or other roll of material such as shown at2 and transporting the same. A hoisting frame is provided with legs 21joined at the top by longitudinal cross members 22. The legs 21 arejoined to the lateral cross members 23 by corner securing members 24 andlateral members 25 are secured to the legs 21 at 26. A drum is supportedon cross memice bers 23 by bearing members 31. The ends 32 of drum 30are provided with extensions to accommodate a crank 33. The crank 33 isused to rotate drum member 30.

When the drum 30 is rotated in bearing 31 by crank 33, the ropes orcables 35 are caused to wrap around drum 30, thereby raising hooks 36from the floor. A mandrel member 40 is provided with ends 41 beingadapted to be engaged by hooks 36. The mandrel 40 can be insertedthrough the center of a roll of carpet or paper or other material andthe hooks 36 are engaged on the end of the mandrel 40 whereby a roll ofmaterial, such as 2, can be lifted upwardly and transported on thetransporting device 1. The transporting device 1 is provided withcasters 27 for transporting the entire hoisting mechanism 1. The casters27 are pivoted on the legs 21 at 28.

The mandrel 40 is made in such a way that it can be used for rolls ofmaterial having different lengths. The ends 41 of the mandrel 40 areadapted to telescopically engage the central portion 42 and by looseningthe screw members 43, the end members 41 can be moved inwardly oroutwardly of the central member 42 to adjust the overall length of themandrel 40. The mandrel 40 is further provided with square end portions44 so that a crank such as shown at 33 may be fitted onto the ends ofthe mandrel 40 to rotate a roll of carpet such as 2 during a rolling orunrolling operation.

The lateral support members 50 are pivotally attached to telescopicbracket members 70 at 52 whereby the arms 53 can be swung upwardly toallow the mandrel 40 to be elevated by means of drum member 30 to aheight of the member 25 so that the ends 41 of the mandrel 40 engage thebrackets 66 to prevent the roll 2 from swinging when the transportingdevice 1 is moved across a floor on caster members 27. The arm members50 can be swung downward along pivot point 52 so that notch 54 engagespintle 55. When the arm member 50 is in the aforesaid position, it actsas a brace to prevent the leg members 21 from separating. The lateralbrace members 60 are provided with telescopic members 61 whereby thebrace members 60 can be moved upwardly or downwardly on leg members 21.The mandrel 40 can be elevated with drum 30 and cables 35 to a heightthat the ends 41 of mandrel 40 will engage notches 67 to prevent theroll 2 from swinging.

Fig. 3 shows a detailed cross sectional view of the detent members 73.The detent members 73 are provided on sleeve members 70 to hold thebrace members 50 and 60 in any desired vertical position on legs 21.Holes or notches 71 are provided in leg members 21 to accommodate theend 72 of the detent member 73. The detent member 73 has a transversepin 74 which supports a spring 75, which spring bears against fixedmembers 76 and washer 77 whereby detent member 73 is urged toward legmember 21. When the knurled end 78 is grasped by an operator and thedetent member 73 is pulled outwardly against the force of the spring 75,the point 72 is removed from the notch 71 and the handle 78 can berotated in either direction so that the transverse pin 74 will rest onsurface 79 to thereby hold the detent member 73 from engagement with thenotch 71 so that the locking means 70 on either end of the brace 60 aredisengaged from hole or notch members '71. The brace members 60 can bemoved in an upward or downward direction on leg member 21. It will,therefore, be seen that when the brace members 60 are moved upwardly sothat the telescoping members 70 nearly engage the bracket 26,considerable clearance will be provided so that the device 40 can bemoved over piles of carpets or other materials with the casters 27running on the floor on either side of the piles of material.

It will further be seen that the brace members 53 move upwardly anddownwardly with the brace members 60 because they are attached to thetelescoping members 70. When the brace members 60 and 53 are moved totheir lowermost position on leg members 21, it will be seen that thebraces hold the lower ends of the leg members 21 in position and preventthem from spreading, thereby making the members 1 considerably morerigid.

In Fig. 4, another embodiment of the invention is shown whereby anelectric motor 181 is mounted on plate 182 which is supported on lateralbrace members 122 which correspond to brace members 22 in Fig. 1. Themotor 181 drives drum members 182 and 183, thereby causing them torotate to wind or unwind the ropes 184 and 185. The rope 185 is shown totravel over pulley 186 and then extending downwardly to a loadcomprising a carpet or other roll of material in a manner similar to themanner in which ropes 35 extend downwardly in Fig. 1. It will be readilyseen that when the motor 181 rotates in one direction, it will tend toroll ropes 184 and 185 on drums 182 and 183 and when the motor 181 isreversed, it will tend to unroll ropes 184 and 185 whereby the ropes 184and 185 when attached to a load such as of a mandrel shown in Fig. 2,the load could be raised or lowered.

Fig. shows a further embodiment of the invention whereby a fluidoperated cylinder 292 is mounted on a frame such as the frames 22 and 23in Fig. 1. The cylinder 292 is in the form of any well known operatedcylinder and is pivoted to the frame member 223 at 231. The cylinder 292is provided with a piston rod 293 and bracket 294. The bracket 294carries pin 295 which is pivotally connected to arm member 296. The armmember 296 is pivotally connected to brace member 222 at 297 and ropes284 and 285 are attached to arm member 296 at 298. The ropes 284 and 285extend over pulleys 286 and 287. The pulleys 286 and 287 are attached tobrace member 223 at 288 and 289.

It will be readily seen that when a load such as a mandrel 40 as shownin Fig. 2 is attached to the end of ropes 284 and 285 opposite the pointof attachment 298, the load and the piston rod 293 are moved by applyingfluid to the piston through inlet 299. The load attached to ropes 284and 285 will be moved depending on the direction that piston rod 293 ismoved.

Referring again to Fig. 1, it will be seen that notches 67 are providedin brace members 53 whereby the mandrel 40 and load thereon will beprevented from swinging when the ends 41 of mandrel 40 engage notches67.

It will be obvious that a carpet could be rolled on a mandrel and themandrel supported on a different type of supporting means or the carpetcould be rolled on a mandrel while supporting the ends of it manually.It is, therefore, clear that the novel method recited in certain of theclaims can be carried out by other apparatus than the one disclosed orby hand.

While several specific embodiments of my invention have been shown here,it will be understood that the same embodiments may be varied within thescope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed and designed to beprotected by Letters Patent is:

1. A device for hoisting and moving carpets comprising a frame supportedon casters, a drum mounted on said frame, a cable attached to said drumat each end by a load attached to said cables may be raised, hooks onsaid mandrel against swinging, and a vertical adjusting means to adjustthe height of said pivoted cross bar above the casters.

2. A hoisting mechanism comprising a supporting frame, a mandrelpivotally supported on said frame, said frame being supported by fourspaced legs, brace members attached between two longitudinally spacedlegs, said brace members being vertically adjustable on said legs, onebrace member being pivotally attached to a telescopic member andswingable in a position to attach to another telescopic member whereby abrace member is provided between two leg members, and means on saidpivotally attached brace member to engage a mandrel supported by saidhoisting mechanism to keep it from swinging.

3. A hoisting mechanism for supporting and conveying rolled carpets andthe like comprising laterally spaced legs comprising two spaced pairs oflongitudinally spaced generally vertically extending legs, saidlaterally spaced legs being attached together at the upper ends thereofby laterally extending braces intermediate the upper and lower ends ofsaid leg members, said laterally extending braces thereof, a crank forattachment to said drum to rotate the drum and thereby roll the cableson said drum wherebeing connected by longitudinally extending arms, oneend of each said arm being vertically and swingably connected to onesaid brace member and the other end of each said arm having meansthereon to attach said arm to the other said brace member, a hoistingmechanism attached to said mechanism, means on each said arm to engage aroll of carpet supported by said hoisting mechanism whereby said roll isprevented from swinging, and a wheel attached to the lower end of eachsaid leg.

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